Comments on: Live Blogging the Eisners!

by: Autoversicherung

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:40:18 +0000

My very Favorit Blog. Best regards from Germany. Thank you

by: Dance with me for just the hell of it… « Blurred Productions

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:36:59 +0000

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by: Cheryl Sleboda

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:57:27 +0000

I was the one who said I liked Tracy Todd’s outfit.
And it’s Portlyn and Atom! Freeman who won the Eisner Spirit of Retailing award, for the record.

by: Leigh Walton

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:41:05 +0000

That was Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants), not Jeff Kinney (Wimpy Kid).

An appearance by the latter would require the comics industry acknowledging DIARY OF A WIMPY KID as the juggernaut that it is, rather than covering our ears and pretending it doesn’t exist. Not much chance of that, I’m afraid.

by: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » July 28, 2008: If Brad Meltzer can win an Eisner, anyone can…

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:45:46 +0000

[…] Let’s make this as quick and painless as possible. Tom Spurgeon has the list of this year’s Eisner winners; Heidi MacDonald live-blogged the awards ceremony; the folks at ActuaBD (Google translation) headline the lack of Francophone winners this year; and Katherine Farmer’s inclined to say “Fuck comics awards altogether.” I’m with her. […]

by: Torsten Adair

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:41:45 +0000

I was fortunate to catch Mike Peters and Jeff MacNelly give a chalk talk at the Library Of Congress during the comicstrip centennial.
If the Eisner Awards are clever, they will have him MC the awards next year. He can kill time by telling many funny TRUE stories!
Can’t believe it took this long for Occult to make it… I once wore Buster Brown shoes. I also hope the Con features more comicstrip talent. It’s like two elderly aunts who don’t talk to each other because of some heirloom.

by: Dirk Manning

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:25:57 +0000

I know I’m late in saying this, but I PROMISE YOU the “Toledo” joke is really funny if you’re familiar with the town.

Seriously.

by: Mark Coale

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:12:42 +0000

I was going to fix the typos this morning, but figured it would be more fun to read RAW, UNCENSORED H.

by: Kat Kan

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:38:05 +0000

As a former Eisner judge, I will say that during my year I read a lot of titles I wouldn’t have on my own. It caused me to stretch my boundaries a lot. Ever since then, I’ve been reading much more extensively across genres, publisher types, formats, etc. And when the nominations were announced this year, I was so pleased to see that I had already read a majority of the nominees. But yes, I keep hoping that those who vote will read more. (And yes, I do vote.)

by: Donnie

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:21:12 +0000

Gary never ages? So he’s always looked 50?

Seriously though, nice work.

by: The Beat

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:34:12 +0000

Hey kids, I was LIVE blogging (although bettert shi year than last) so many many misteaks,,,thanks for correx and clarifications.

by: rakarich

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:51:12 +0000

Jesse,

Gosh darnit, your honesty has left me speechless. Kudos to you my friend.

I guess the thing that made me feel this way was when the nominees were announced I saw it as a wonderful opportunity to “discover” new creators I was not aware of. I have to say award or not for some of these creators, they have a new fan in me.

by: Jesse Post

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:21:39 +0000

rakarich Says: I truly believe that there are more people who have the voting power who do not read all of the nominees than do. I believe the group that nominate the Eisners do more research and work than the people who actually vote … and THAT is a shame.

Agreed. While voting I tried to research the categories of which I knew nothing (best foreign material, for instance) but in most cases I just left a category blank if it was all Greek to me. Not sure if this is good or bad, but being disappointed with this year’s results, I will make an effort to make informed judgments next year. It’s clear that most people just vote their most familiar, if not their favorite.

Also, why is “Humor” the only genre that’s broken out from the pack? It seems odd that Buffy, Johnny Hiro, and Scalped all have to compete for the same award.

by: Da Fug

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:35:58 +0000

Thanks for the play-by-play. Nice to have an idea of what goes on at these things along with the winners list.

by: rakarich

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:28:30 +0000

OK, my soap box moment (apologies in advance ):

I truly believe that there are more people who have the voting power who do not read all of the nominees than do. I believe the group that nominate the Eisners do more research and work than the people who actually vote … and THAT is a shame.

This is my opinion and nothing more than selfish speculation (and I’m just a fan who doesn’t have a horse in this race).

by: Tim O'Shea

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:19:59 +0000

Heidi, thanks for the play by play.

by: Mark Coale

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:30:43 +0000

Eisner, Schmeisner.

Where are the lucha libre results from TJ? :>

by: GOMA DE MASCAR.net | SDCC: ganhadores do prêmio Eisner e a surpresa de Bá e Moon

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:26:59 +0000

[…] acompanhei de madrugada a entrega do prêmio Eisner pelo Beat da Heidi Mac, que ficou atualizando minuto a minuto. aqui está a lista dos resultados. mas a grande surpresa da noite foi ‘5′ ter levado Melhor Coletânea. é uma revista independente [sem editora ou distribuição] feita pelos gêmeos Gabriel Bá e Fabio Moon mais Rafael Grampá e o casal Becky Cloonan [EUA] e Vasilis Lolos [Grécia]. a mesma turma [menos Grampá] está na revista auto-publicada PIXU, lançada na convenção esses dias. […]

by: John Tebbel

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:45:49 +0000

Happy to join Heidi’s Fighting Newsboy Legion of Ultimate Clarification:

Yellow Kid was the star, Hogan’s Alley was the strip. It wasn’t a strip, it was a page. Daily strips didn’t come along till seven or eight years later. It’s considered to be the first comic, or at least the first continuously published newspaper comic. And Outcault’s big hit was Buster Brown, still influential, maybe the biggest mass culture crossover of any comic. I mean, a generation of mothers didn’t dress their boys like Charlie Brown or Li’l Abner, or even Nancy.

by: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » SDCC: Viz, Broccoli, and the Eisners

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:29:22 +0000

[…] The Eisner Awards were presented last night at SDCC, and despite a number of nominations in a variety of categories, the only manga to win an award was in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan category, which was obviously all manga. That honor went to Taiyo Mastumoto’s Tekkonkinkreet, so congratulations to the folks at Viz for breaking the usual format and taking a risk on that title. While it was disappointing not to see any recognition for manga in other categories, the fact that both Japanese and global manga were nominated in a number of other categories is a good start, at least. For those who want to feel like they were there, Heidi MacDonald liveblogged the ceremony at The Beat. […]

by: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » SDCC: Viz, Broccoli, and the Eisners

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:28:50 +0000

by: Dweeze

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:43:09 +0000

SPONGE BOB creator Jeff Kinney

Point of clarification: Stephen Hillenburg is the creator of Spongebob. Tom Kenny is the voice of Spongebob. Jeff Kinney is the creator of the Wimpy Kid. I don’t know who was actually there, but I’d guess it was probably Tom Kenny (he’s also doing voices for Brave and Bold).

by: rakarich

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:47:20 +0000

I have no idea how Essex County and the Arrival did not walk away with a single Eisner… bah!

by: jeff mclaughlin

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:29:22 +0000

Hey, this was great - that’s Heidi - it was probably more fun reading the blog than being there! (with the exception of hearing Jaffee of course!

by: Jesse Post

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:10:41 +0000

Thanks for doing all of that, Heidi — it was nice for us to have the play-by-play at home!

by: a geek by any other name

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:57:24 +0000

[…] Fortunately for you, The Beat DID liveblog them, and here’s the news pertaining to manga fans: […]